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Sunday at 7pm, Earl Lee leads Sunday at 7pm, @earlleeconductor leads the Rockport Festival Chamber Orchestra, including Todd Palmer and the Parker Quartet, in Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring." Tune in to WCRB In Concert with Rockport Music, on-air, on our app, or online:

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Saturday night at 8pm, Kent Nagano leads the bostonsymphony.bsky.social in Mendelssohn’s "The Hebrides" Overture, "Reformation" Symphony, and two premieres by todmac.bsky.social and Alex Nante. Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.orgNagano Leads the BSO in Mendelssohn and Premieres by Machover and NanteKent Nagano leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides Overture, Mendelssohn's "Reformation" Symphony, and two premieres.

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Right now, #Tchaikovsky #Simon with Hahn & Woods and #Tchaikovsky from #Boston www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch

worldconcerthall.comTchaikovsky, Simon with Hahn & Woods and Tchaikovsky from Boston - Schedule 18/10/2026 - www.worldconcerthall.comHilary Hahn, violin, Seth Parker Woods, cello, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons play: TCHAIKOVSKY: 'Polonaise' from Eugene Onegin. Carlos SIMON: Double Concerto Suite for…
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Sunday at 7pm on WCRB In Concert with Music Worcester, it's Bachtoberfest! Hear pianist @jeremydenk.bsky.social and cellist Zlatomir Fung explore Bach's solo music for their respective instruments. Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

bit.lyA Bach Celebration with Music WorcesterOn WCRB In Concert with Music Worcester, pianist Jeremy Denk and cellist Zlatomir Fung explore Bach’s solo music for their respective instruments in honor of the great composer's birthday.
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Saturday at 8pm, Hilary Hahn and Seth Parker Woods are the soloists in Carlos Simon’s Double Concerto Suite, part of a @bostonsymphony.bsky.social program that includes Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” and “The Nutcracker.” Tune in on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.orgSimon's Double Concerto, with Hahn, Parker Woods, and the BSOHilary Hahn and cellist Seth Parker Woods are the soloists in BSO Composer Chair Carlos Simon’s Double Concerto Suite, part of a program that includes selections from Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” and...
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Sunday at 7pm on In Concert with vivoperformingarts.bsky.social, Egyptian-Australian musicians Joseph and James Tawadros join the Australian Chamber Orchestra for an exhilarating reimagining of "The Four Seasons"! Hear it on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.org"The Four Seasons," Reimagined with the Australian Chamber OrchestraOn WCRB In Concert with Vivo Performing Arts, Egyptian Australian musicians Joseph and James Tawadros join the ACO for an exhilarating reimagining of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons."
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This Saturday at 8pm, Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in a new piano concerto by Spanish composer Francisco Coll. After, Andris Nelsons leads the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social in Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.orgNelsons, Gerstein, and an American Premiere by Francisco CollKirill Gerstein is the soloist in a new piano concerto by Spanish composer Francisco Coll, and Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Beethoven's “Coriolan” Overture and Symphony No. 7.
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Sunday at 7pm, Rachel Barton Pine plays a recital on violin and viola d’amore, including the Gardner Museum's extraordinary 1770s viola d'amore. Tune in to On WCRB In Concert with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, on- air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.orgRachel Barton Pine at the Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumOn WCRB In Concert with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Rachel Barton Pine presents a recital on violin and viola d’amore, including the Gardner Museum's extraordinary 1770s viola d'amore.
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This Saturday, Seong-Jin Cho returns to Symphony Hall in an all-Rachmaninoff program led by Andris Nelsons! Tune in to our live @bostonsymphony.bsky.social broadcast on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.orgSeong-Jin Cho Plays Rachmaninoff with the BSOCho returns to Symphony Hall for Rachmaninoff’s "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini," and the Boston Symphony Orchestra closes the program with Rachmaninoff’s melodically rich Symphony No. 2, all led by ...
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TONIGHT at 8pm, catch an encore of our first broadcast of the 2026-2027 @bostonsymphony.bsky.social season! Join Andris Nelsons, Emanuel Ax, and the BSO for a dazzing program of Mozart and Berlioz. Tune in to this encore broadcast on-air, on our app, or online:

bit.lyMajestic Mozart & Fantastique Berlioz, with Emanuel AxAx joins Andris Nelsons and the BSO to perform one of his favorite Mozart Piano Concertos: No. 22. Also on the program is Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, an obsessive ode to unrequited love.
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On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, the Monteverdi Soloists and English Baroque Soloists perform Bach's reflection on the Archangel Michael's confrontation with the Dragon. Listen here:

classicalwcrb.orgSt. Michael's Battle in Bach's Cantata 130On The Bach Hour, John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Soloists and English Baroque Soloists in the composer's reflection on the Archangel's confrontation with the Dragon.
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Saturday at 8pm, the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social performs Elena Firsova’s and Sofia Gubaidulina’s "Prologue," a BSO co-commission, and Mahler’s 7th Symphony! Listen LIVE on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.orgNelsons, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Mahler’s SeventhThe BSO performs Elena Firsova’s and Sofia Gubaidulina’s Prologue, a BSO co-commission, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 7—the only Mahler symphony Andris Nelsons has yet to conduct with the BSO.
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Saturday at 8pm, the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social returns to Symphony Hall for the start of the 2026-2027 concert season! Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Berlioz’s "Symphonie fantastique" and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 with Emanuel Ax. Catch it on-air, on our app, or online:

bit.lyMajestic Mozart & Fantastique Berlioz, with Emanuel AxAx joins Andris Nelsons and the BSO to perform one of his favorite Mozart Piano Concertos: No. 22. Also on the program is Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, an obsessive ode to unrequited love.
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On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, the vast sonic landscape of Gustav Mahler's musical language transforms selections from Bach's Orchestral Suites. Listen here:

classicalwcrb.orgChailly Conducts Bach, Through Mahler's LensOn The Bach Hour, the vast sonic landscape of Gustav Mahler's musical language transforms selections from Bach's Orchestral Suites in a performance by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor R...
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Saturday at 8pm, in an encore broadcast, Andris Nelsons leads the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social in Mahler’s 4th Symphony, sung by soprano Nikola Hillebrand, as well as Debussy’s Nocturnes with the Lorelei Ensemble. Listen here, on-air, or on our app:

classicalwcrb.orgEncore: The Heavenly Life of Mahler’s Fourth, with the BSO and HillebrandIn an encore broadcast, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, sung by soprano Nikola Hillebrand, as well as Debussy’s Nocturnes with Lorelei Ensemble.
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On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, Philippe Herreweghe conducts a work that grapples with the oppositional forces of light and dark, and pianist Igor Levit performs Bach's Partita No. 2. Listen here:

classicalwcrb.orgThe Contradictory Perspectives of Bach's Cantata 78On The Bach Hour, Philippe Herreweghe leads a work that grapples with oppositional forces of light and dark, and pianist Igor Levit performs the composer's Partita No. 2.
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Sunday at 7pm, In Concert broadcasts are back! On WCRB In Concert with GBH Music, the Grammy-nominated Neave Trio performs "American Mosaics," a program celebrating the diverse voices that have shaped American musical traditions. Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

bit.ly"American Mosaics: Neave Trio," with GBH MusicOn WCRB In Concert with GBH Music, the two-time Grammy-nominated Neave Trio closes out GBH Music’s 2025-2026 season with "American Mosaics," a program celebrating the diverse voices that have shaped, ...
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Saturday at 8pm, Domingo Hindoyan leads the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social in the "greatest American symphony": Aaron Copland’s Third Symphony! Catch this encore broadcast from last year on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.orgEncore: Hindoyan Conducts Copland 3, with the Boston SymphonyIn an encore broadcast, Domingo Hindoyan returns to Symphony Hall to lead the BSO in Aaron Copland’s Third Symphony, widely considered the "greatest American symphony," and pianist Yuja Wang is the so...
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"Heifetz has a really honest way of playing. He was really showing himself, his soul. It's not at all about me trying to play like Heifetz... it's about honoring the legacy that he left us." María Dueñas' "Homage to Heifetz" is out today! She told @cathyclassical.bsky.social all about it:

classicalwcrb.orgThe Soul of the Violin in María Dueñas' "Homage to Heifetz"For violinist María Dueñas, every violin has a memory, infusing it with energy from whoever has played it before. In her new recording, "Homage to Heifetz," Dueñas pays loving tribute to one of the gr...
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On this week's episode of The Bach Hour, mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital talks with host @bkmccreath.bsky.social about the rich musical environment of his childhood, what led him to the mandolin, and the role Bach's music plays in his artistic life. Listen here:

classicalwcrb.orgAvi Avital's BachThe mandolin virtuoso talks with host Brian McCreath about the rich musical environment of his childhood, what led him to the mandolin, and the role Bach's music plays in his artistic life.
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Sunday at 7pm, Gustavo Gimeno leads the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social, the @tanglewoodma.bsky.social Festival Chorus, and soloists in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, “Ode to Joy.” Tune in to our last Tanglewood broadcast of 2026 on-air, on our app, or online:

bit.lyThe BSO and Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” at TanglewoodGustavo Gimeno leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and a stellar cast of soloists in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and its inspirational “Ode to Joy.”
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Saturday at 8pm, Randall Goosby makes his @tanglewoodma.bsky.social debut with Thomas Wilkins conducting the first @bostonsymphony.bsky.social performance of Florence Price’s 2nd Violin Concerto! Tune in to our final Saturday night broadcast of the Tanglewood season on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.orgRandall Goosby’s Tanglewood Debut!Thomas Wilkins conducts the first BSO performance of Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2, with soloist Randall Goosby in his Tanglewood debut, part of a program that also includes Bernstein’s life-...
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Our final @tanglewoodma.bsky.social broadcasts for 2026 are this weekend! Time flies when you're having fun. Friday at 8pm, hear Renée Fleming and @thomashampson.bsky.social sing selections from John Adams’s “Nixon in China" with @bostonsymphony.bsky.social Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.orgFleming and Hampson Sing “Nixon in China” at TanglewoodSoprano Renée Fleming and baritone Thomas Hampson sing selections from John Adams’s opera “Nixon in China” in a program led by Music Director Andris Nelsons that also includes works by Carlos Simon an...
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On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, the words of @jeremydenk.bsky.social illuminate his performance of Bach's Partita No. 3, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in G minor. Listen here:

classicalwcrb.orgJeremy Denk and the Logic and Feeling of BachOn The Bach Hour, the words of one of today's most eloquent pianists illuminate his performance of the composer's Partita No. 3, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in G minor.
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Sunday at 7pm, @tanglewoodma.bsky.social Music Center alum Marin Alsop leads the TMCO in Anna Clyne’s Masquerade, Mahler’s Symphony No. 5., and Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with soloist Ray Chen making his Tanglewood debut! Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

bit.lyMarin Alsop, Ray Chen, and the Tanglewood Music Center OrchestraTanglewood Music Center alum Marin Alsop leads the TMCO in Bruch’s First Violin Concerto, with soloist Ray Chen, as well as Anna Clyne’s "Masquerade" and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
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Jon Batiste's "Black Mozart" is out today! To him, music is a continuum -- a record of where we've been and a guide to where we're going. Hear his conversation with CRB's Julia Marcus: https://bit.ly/4bNxzQF

classicalwcrb.orgJon Batiste's "Black Mozart," and How the Past Plays Through UsMulti-Grammy, Emmy, and Oscar winner Jon Batiste tells Julia Marcus about his upcoming release "Black Mozart," which "reimagines the classical tradition through a Black American musical lens."
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Friday at 8pm, Anna Handler leads the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social in Christopher Rountree’s "For Martha," Aaron Copland’s "Appalachian Spring," and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Tune in to this live @tanglewoodma.bsky.social broadcast on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.orgHandler Conducts “Appalachian Spring,” at TanglewoodAnna Handler leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a program that includes Christopher Rountree’s "For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein)," Aaron Copland’s "Appalachian Spring," and ...
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On this week's episode of The Bach Hour with @bkmccreath.bsky.social, an artist of uncommon insight interprets one of Bach's most imposing compositions, and Martin Pearlman leads @bostonbaroque.bsky.social in "Magnificat." Listen here:

classicalwcrb.orgAndrew Rangell and The Art of FugueOn The Bach Hour, an artist of uncommon insight interprets - and talks about - one of Bach's most imposing compositions, and Martin Pearlman leads Boston Baroque in Magnificat.

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Today, #Fauré #Messiaen and #Brahms with Capuçon and Yo-Yo Ma from #Tanglewood www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch

worldconcerthall.comFauré, Messiaen and Brahms with Capuçon and Yo-Yo Ma from Tanglewood - Schedule 08/8/2026 - www.worldconcerthall.comTanglewood Festival. Renaud Capuçon, violin, Yo-Yo Ma, cello and host, Emanuel Ax, piano, Berkshire Lyric and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Samy Rachid perform: FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean…
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Sunday at 7pm, Grammy-winning vocalist Arooj Aftab joins Yo-Yo Ma in John Tavener’s Mahámátar, followed by Kayhan Kalhor’s "Venus in the Mirror" with Karen Ouzounian, and Osvaldo Golijov’s "Azul" with @bostonsymphony.bsky.social Christine Lee. Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

bit.ly“We The People,” Part 3: Yo-Yo Ma, the BSO, and Voices of Our Time at TanglewoodIn the final part of a three-concert series curated by Yo-Yo Ma, Grammy-winning vocalist Arooj Aftab joins Ma in John Tavener’s Mahámátar, followed by Kayhan Kalhor’s Venus in the Mirror with the comp...
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Saturday at 8pm, in the second of three @bostonsymphony.bsky.social concerts curated by Yo-Yo Ma, Ma explores the vibrancy of American music with roots musicians Aoife O'Donovan and Jennifer Kreisberg. Listen on-air, on our app, or online:

classicalwcrb.org“We The People,” Part 2: Yo-Yo Ma, Aoife O’Donovan, and Jennifer Kreisberg at TanglewoodIn the second of three BSO concerts curated by Yo-Yo Ma, the cellist explores the vibrancy of American music and its reflection of the triumphs, tragedies, and vitality of our country with roots music...
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Ahead of his week-long festival curated for the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social at @tanglewoodma.bsky.social, legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma spoke with WCRB's @bkmccreath.bsky.social. Hear their full conversation here:

classicalwcrb.orgWith Gratitude and Hope, Yo-Yo Ma Looks to the FutureAhead of "We The People," a week-long festival he curated for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma speaks about the power of practicing gratitude, music's role in re...